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Yes, the Ask the Experts, as well as the Lunch and Learn, are great places to learn accurate information on OCD and Related Disorders and ask questions. The guests on Ask the Expert yesterday were Drs. Steve Poskar and Robert Hudak who talked about treatments for these disorders, including the medications that are used first and why. They also talked about what may be going on when a medication seems to fail. Things such as ketamine, psilocybin and supplements, including NAC and Inositol, were discussed and why they are not recommended for OCD. Insufficient data and flawed studies were the reasons cited in not recommending these.
That sounds really interesting. I've suggested Inositol to a few people on here, in cases where they haven't got on with conventional medication, but stressed that it isn't the first choice of medics and that studies are still ongoing.
I think it would be great if more research could be done into it - side effects are, I understand, pretty minimal. I haven't experienced many side effects on sertraline, though when I was on clomipramine it did make me constantly dopey! But many people on here have reported very unpleasant side effects.
It is interesting. The knowledge continues to grow, more data is entered and recommendations can change with it. Evidenced-based research is a term that gets thrown around a lot without regard for what that actually means. Evidenced-based studies can vary in quantity and quality of data, research methodology and design. Then they need to be independently validated and replicated. Studies that are of low and very low evidence can be interesting but that’s about as far as they go but they can be learned from. The statistics need to back it up or it’s probably just coincidence. Then there’s the issue of publication bias but that’s another issue and the statistics involved might have some people taking an involuntary nap out of boredom. Science and knowledge changes as more is learned. What is accepted today may be disproven down the road. It’s all a work in progress.
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